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Company secretaries

Example: how a company secretarial practice in Mumbai could run on MSMEPulse

An illustrative example for company secretarial practice: how a company secretarial practice in Mumbai could set up MSMEPulse, run a typical month, and what changes.

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The firm

A practising company secretary, two associates and three trainees look after the annual compliance of about 90 private companies, plus board meetings, director changes and incorporations.

What made the work hard

  • The annual ROC calendar for 90 companies was hard to keep in view.
  • Board meeting notices, minutes and filings depended on one person remembering the dates.
  • Signed documents from directors were slow to come back.
Diagram: from an enquiry to a proposal, a project, timesheets, an invoice and payment, for company secretaries.
How work moves through MSMEPulse, from the first enquiry to payment.

How they set up MSMEPulse

  • Chose Company Secretarial Practice at signup, with templates for annual ROC compliance, board meetings and director changes.
  • Started an annual compliance project for every company, with AOC-4, MGT-7 and DIR-3 KYC as tasks.
  • Added a board meeting project whenever a meeting was called.
  • Used the portal checklist for signed consents, minutes and financial statements.

The templates for Company Secretarial Practice in MSMEPulse: Private company incorporation, Annual ROC compliance, Board meeting and minutes, Director appointment or resignation.

A typical month

The practice reviews the board each Monday: which companies have AGMs coming up, which filings are due within 30 days, and which documents are still with directors. When a director resigns, a director change project starts with DIR-12 due in 30 days. Annual compliance fees are invoiced when the AGM is held and when the returns are filed.

What changes

  • Every company's next filing is visible, not buried in a calendar.
  • Signed documents are tracked against each filing.
  • Event-based work like director changes gets its own deadline the day it starts.

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